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California, CA (Carlsbad) Species ID Request

Started By zantezaint , Aug 2 2020 10:15 AM

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#1 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 2 2020 - 10:15 AM

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LocationCalifornia, North San Diego County

1. Carlsbad, CA.
2. 8/1//2020.
3. Desert sand on trail near marshland, trees).
4. 8 mm.
5. Red brown.
6. Workers are almost as big as the queen.
7. Move with moderate speed.
8. No mounds at entrance, just holes.

9. 6 P.M.

Species guess, but without certainty: Pogonomyrmex californicus.

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4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 2 2020 - 10:17 AM

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LocationOrange County, California

Not californicus, as there are spines on here mesosoma. Maybe subnitidus.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).